BCOR 101, Fall 2004

A partial list of "popular" genetics books that you may want to read

A feeling for the organism: the life and work of Barbara McClintock

Evelyn Keller

A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes and Society

James. D. Watson

Abraham Lincoln's DNA and other adventures in genetics

Philip R. Reilly

Acquiring Genomes: A theory on the origins of species

Lynn Margulis and Dorian Sagan

Biography of a germ

Arno Karlen

Book of man : the quest to discover our genetic heritage

Walter Bodmer and Robin McKie.

Cancer: The evolutionary legacy

Mel Greaves

Century of DNA : a history of the discovery of the structure and function of the genetic substance

Franklin H. Portugal and Jack S. Cohen.

Chance in the house of fate : a natural history of heredity +

Jennifer Ackerman.

Clone: the road to Dolly and the path ahead.

Gina Kolata

Controlling our destinies: the human genome project from historical, philosophical, social, and ethical perspectives

Phillip R. Sloan

Cracking the genome: inside the race to unlock human DNA

Kevin Davies

DNA fingerprinting: the ultimate identity

Ron Fridell

DNA: The Secret of Life

James Watson with Andrew Berry

Eighth day of creation : makers of the revolution in biology +

Horace Freeland Judson.

Engineer in the garden : genes and genetics : from the idea of heredity to the creation of life

Colin Tudge.

Enough: staying human in an engineered age

Bill McKibben

Eve's Seed: Biology, the Sexes and the course of History

Robert McElvaine

Fabricated man: the ethics of genetic control

Paul Ramsey

First fruit: The creation of the Flavr Savr tomato and the birth of genetically engineered food.

Belinda Marineau

Flu: the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it

Gina Kolata

Forensic DNA typing: biology and technology behind STR markers

John Butler

Francis Crick and James Watson and the building blocks of life

Edward Edelson

From DNA to diversity: molecular genetics and the evolution of animal design

Sean B. Carroll, Jennifer K. Grenier, Scott D. Weatherbee

Future perfect: confronting decisions about genetics

Lori B. Andrews

Gene cloning and DNA analysis: an introduction

T. A. Brown

Genes, girls, and gamow: after the double helix

James D. Watson

Genetic maps and human imaginations: the limits of science in understanding who we are

Barbara Katz Rothman.

Genetics in the wild

John C. Avise.

Genome: the autobiography of a species in 23 chapters +

Matt Ridley

Genomic revolution : unveiling the unity of life

Michael Yudell and Robert DeSalle, editors.

Language of genes : solving the mysteries of our genetic past, present, and future

Steve Jones.

Life script : how the human genome discoveries will transform medicine and enhance your health +

Nicholas Wade.

Life, liberty, and the defense of dignity: the challenge for bioethics

Leon R. Kass

Lives to come : the genetic revolution and human possibilities

Philip Kitcher.

Malaria: Evolution of a Killer

Norma Mohr

Mapping Human history: Discovering the past through our genes

Steve Olson

Misunderstood gene

Michel Morange ; translated by Matthew Cobb.

More than Human +

Ramez Naam

Nature via Nurture

Matt Ridley

Our posthuman future: consequences of the biotechnology revolution

Francis Fukuyama

Principles of gene manipulation

Sandy B. Primrose, et al

Recombinant DNA

James D. Watson, Michael Gilman, Jan Witkowski, Mark Zoller, Gilman Witkowski

Redesigning humans: our inevitable genetic future

Gregory Stock

Remaking eden: how genetic engineering and cloning will transform the american family

Lee M. Silver

Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA

Brenda Maddox

Signs of life : the language and meanings of DNA

Robert Pollack.

Tears of the cheetah : and other tales from the genetic frontier +

Stephen J. O'Brien

The biotech centure: harnessing the gene and remaking the world

Jeremy Rifkin

The blank slate

Steven Pinker

The century of the gene

Evelyn Fox Keller

The clone age: adventures in the new world of reproductive technology

Lori B. Andrews

The common thread: a story of science, politics, ethics and the human genome

John Sulston

The cooperative Gene: How Mendel's demon explains the evolution of complex beings

Mark Ridley

The double helix: a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA +

James D. Watson

The double-edged sword of immunity.

William R. Clark

The gene masters: how a new breed of visionary scientists raced for the biggest prize in biology

Ingrid Wickelgren

The gene wars: science, politics, and the human genome

Robert Cook-Deegan

The genetic inferno: inside the seven deadly sins

John Medina

The geneticist who played hoops with my DNA and other masterminds from the frontiers of biotech +

David Duncan

The Hungry Gene: The Science of Fat and the Future of Thin +

Ellen Ruppel Shell

The intelligent genome

Adolf Heschl

The journey of man: A genetic odyssey

Spencer Wells

The lives to come: the genetic revolution and human possibilities

Philip Kitcher

The molecule hunt: archaeology and the search for ancient DNA

Martin Jones

The perfect baby: parenthood in the new world of cloning and genetis +

Glenn McGee

The Second Creation: Dolly and the age of biological control

Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell and Colin Tudge

The Seven Daughters of Eve

Bryan Sykes

The Tangled Field: Barbara McClintock's Search for the Patterns of Genetic control

Nathaniel C. Comfort